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Wednesday, August 21, 2002Military officials, who declined to release any details about the sinusitis patient or to permit Goff to be interviewed, said the Army's surgeon general was especially concerned that publicity about the practice reflected unfavorably on the quality of military medicine. "This is a very sensitive subject around here," one Army spokesman said. It doesn’t really reflect badly on military medicine. The patient just didn’t want to take the time to see a doctor. It was easier and more convenient to pick up fish antibiotics. He was probably picking up fish food or something anyway. The Army’s surgeon general is being terribly sensitive about this. True, taking medication meant for animals isn’t the safest thing to do, but it’s hardly an indictment of army medicine that someone tried to treat themselves. That sort of thing happens in civilian life,too. The Army’s reaction is more a reflection of their own insecurities than anything else. Like all captive patients (HMO members, college students), armed forces members tend to be disparaging about their medical providers. They don’t feel they have a choice in who their doctor is, so they have little confidence in them and are quite vocal about it. Thus the easily-bruised egoes of the medicos. posted by Sydney on 8/21/2002 07:14:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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